Introduction Cloud Computing
Introduction Cloud Computing
Introduction Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing
Jamel D. Pandiin – ACLC OLC
1. What is Cloud Computing
2. Top benefits of cloud
computing
3. Types of cloud computing
Topics 4. Types of cloud services: IaaS,
PaaS, serverless, and SaaS
5. Uses of cloud computing
Cost
Cloud computing eliminates the capital
expense of buying hardware and software and
setting up and running on-site datacenters—
the racks of servers, the round-the-clock
electricity for power and cooling, and the IT
experts for managing the infrastructure. It
adds up fast.
Global scale
The benefits of cloud computing services
include the ability to scale elastically. In cloud
speak, that means delivering the right amount
of IT resources—for example, more or less
computing power, storage, bandwidth—right
when they’re needed, and from the right
geographic location.
Performance
The biggest cloud computing services run on
a worldwide network of secure datacenters,
which are regularly upgraded to the latest
generation of fast and efficient computing
hardware. This offers several benefits over a
single corporate datacenter, including reduced
network latency for applications and greater
economies of scale.
Security
Many cloud providers offer a broad set of
policies, technologies, and controls that
strengthen your security posture overall,
helping protect your data, apps, and
infrastructure from potential threats.
Speed
Most cloud computing services are provided
self service and on demand, so even vast
amounts of computing resources can be
provisioned in minutes, typically with just a
few mouse clicks, giving businesses a lot of
flexibility and taking the pressure off capacity
planning.
Productivity
On-site datacenters typically require a lot of
“racking and stacking”—hardware setup,
software patching, and other time-consuming
IT management chores. Cloud computing
removes the need for many of these tasks, so
IT teams can spend time on achieving more
important business goals.
Reliability
Cloud computing makes data backup, disaster
recovery, and business continuity easier and
less expensive because data can be mirrored
at multiple redundant sites on the cloud
provider’s network.
Reference: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/what-
is-cloud-computing/#cloud-computing-models